Youth shot, injured in Kathankudy

[TamilNet, Thursday, 26 October 2006, 09:49 GMT]Unidentified gunmen called a youth out of his house in Thalankuda, Arayampathy in Kathankudy police division in Batticaloa Wednesday around 8:10 p.m. and shot at him. The seriously injured victim was rushed to Batticaloa Teaching hospital, said Kathankudy police.

The injured youth is identified as Maheswaran Kaneswaran, 21.

The gunmen escaped from the site and the motive of the shooting is not known.